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General Discussion / Re: Who Am I? or, Let's Introduce Ourselves
« on: July 13, 2012, 03:49:30 AM »
Hello All,
My name is Mario, and I live near Stuttgart in SW Germany.
Seems that the interest in New England got planted early when my parents gave me a book called "Arundel" by a writer named Kenneth Roberts. This book, a great read for a twelve-year-old, somehow never left me.
My interest in the Maine Two-Footers goes back to about 1970 when I had a
pen-pal in the US who sent me several RMC issues with Frary and Hayden's Elk
River Line articles. I don't need to elaborate here, because I assume that
several of you went through the same "induction process". A while later I took
care of a disabled teacher as part of my national service. When he was at
school, I had lots of time waiting, and killed time by reading Linwood Moody's
Maine Two-Footers. So a long-lasting love for the little lines was created.
Later I went astray and spent quite a few years modelling western US mining and lumber n. g. in
On3 and 1:24.
However, a few months ago the Maine two-foot fever was recontracted, and I
decided to go East, so to speak. Browsing the net I found this website and, most of all, your museum shop with friendly and ultra-helpful Cindy.
Somehow things are a bit easier today than when I started out with this hobby, and it took about two to three months to order and receive a book from across the pond.
Best regards,
Mario
My name is Mario, and I live near Stuttgart in SW Germany.
Seems that the interest in New England got planted early when my parents gave me a book called "Arundel" by a writer named Kenneth Roberts. This book, a great read for a twelve-year-old, somehow never left me.
My interest in the Maine Two-Footers goes back to about 1970 when I had a
pen-pal in the US who sent me several RMC issues with Frary and Hayden's Elk
River Line articles. I don't need to elaborate here, because I assume that
several of you went through the same "induction process". A while later I took
care of a disabled teacher as part of my national service. When he was at
school, I had lots of time waiting, and killed time by reading Linwood Moody's
Maine Two-Footers. So a long-lasting love for the little lines was created.
Later I went astray and spent quite a few years modelling western US mining and lumber n. g. in
On3 and 1:24.
However, a few months ago the Maine two-foot fever was recontracted, and I
decided to go East, so to speak. Browsing the net I found this website and, most of all, your museum shop with friendly and ultra-helpful Cindy.
Somehow things are a bit easier today than when I started out with this hobby, and it took about two to three months to order and receive a book from across the pond.
Best regards,
Mario